 By way of interlude comes in this preface. Don't swear, and bid me do one thing at a time. I tell you I can't afford to do one thing at a time — no, nor two neither; and it is only by doing many things that I contrive to do so much : for I cannot work...  Life of Robert Southey - Strana 122podľa Charles Thomas Browne - 1854 - Počet stránok 298Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1874 - Počet stránok 898
...thing at a time," this was his own explanation of his habits, "no, nor two neither; and it is only by doing many things that I contrive to do so much :...of one, my inclination for another is come round." This, too, was his habit in reading. He read nothing systematically, thought out no questions systematically,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1850 - Počet stránok 378
...time. I tell you I can't afford to do one thing at a time — no, nor two neither ; and it is only by doing many things that I contrive to do so much : for I cannot work long together at any thing without hurting myself; and so I do every thing by heats; then, by the time I am tired of... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1850 - Počet stránok 406
...much : for I cannot work long together at any thing without hurting myself; and so I do every thing by heats ; then, by the time I am tired of one, my inclination for another is come round. " Dr. Southey is arrived here. He puts his degree in his pocket, summers here, and will winter in London,... | |
 | 1851 - Počet stránok 606
...time. I tell you I can't afford to do one thing at a time — no, nor two neither ; and it is only by doing many things that I contrive to do so much :...of one, my inclination for another is come round/ — iii. 46. Such, with wonderfully little variation, was for nearly forty years his daily life. The... | |
 | Samuel Phillips - 1851 - Počet stránok 338
...things that I contrive to do so much; for I cannot work long at anything without hurting myself, and I do everything by heats: then, by the time I am tired of one, my inclination for another is at hand." Success or failure, well paid or ill paid, it is all the same. Courage never gives way, perseverance... | |
 | 1851 - Počet stránok 354
...contrive to do BO much : for 1 cannot work long together at anything without hurting myself ; and soldo everything by heats ; then, by the time I am tired...of one, my inclination for another is come round.' — iii. 46. Such, with wonderfully little variation, was for nearly forty years bis daily life. The... | |
 | Samuel Phillips - 1851 - Počet stránok 328
...time. I tell you I can't afford to do one thing at a time ; no, nor two neither : and it is only by doing many things that I contrive to do so much; for I cannot work long at anything without hurting myself, and I do everything by heats: then, by the time I am tired of one,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1851 - Počet stránok 590
...time. I tell you I can't afford to do one thing at a time — no, nor two neither ; and it is only by doing many things that I contrive to do so much ; for I can not work long together at any thing without hurting myself, and so I do every thing by heats :... | |
 | Samuel Phillips - 1852 - Počet stránok 312
...things that I contrive to do so much ; for I cannot work long at anything without hurting myself, and I do everything by heats : then, by the time I am tired of one, my inclination for another is at hand." Success or failure, well paid or ill paid, it is all the same. Courage never gives way, perseverance... | |
 | Samuel Phillips - 1852 - Počet stránok 316
...time. I tell you I can't afford to do one thing at a time ; no, nor two neither : and it is only by doing many things that I contrive to do so much ; for I cannot work long at anything without hurting myself, and I do everything by heats : then, by the time I am tired of... | |
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